EP1912373B1 - Verfahren und System zur Erhöhung der Zuverlässigkeit eines Qualitätsfeedbacks in einem drahtlosen Kommunikationssystem - Google Patents

Verfahren und System zur Erhöhung der Zuverlässigkeit eines Qualitätsfeedbacks in einem drahtlosen Kommunikationssystem Download PDF

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EP1912373B1
EP1912373B1 EP07024582A EP07024582A EP1912373B1 EP 1912373 B1 EP1912373 B1 EP 1912373B1 EP 07024582 A EP07024582 A EP 07024582A EP 07024582 A EP07024582 A EP 07024582A EP 1912373 B1 EP1912373 B1 EP 1912373B1
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  • the present invention relates generally to communications, and more specifically, to systems and techniques for enhancing the reliability of feedback in a wireless communications system.
  • C/I carrier-to-interference
  • SNR signal-to-noise power ratio
  • E b /I o energy-per-bit-to-noise plus interference ratio
  • a method of communications includes transmitting a signal over a plurality of time periods, receiving a plurality of parameters each relating to the signal transmission during a different one of the time periods, filtering a first one of the parameters to generate a first filtered parameter, filtering a second one of the parameters as a function of the first filtered parameter to generate a second filtered parameter, and controlling the signal transmission as a function of the second filtered parameter.
  • computer readable media embodying a program of instructions executable by a computer program performs a method of communications based on a signal transmitted over a plurality of time periods, the method including receiving a plurality of parameters each relating to the signal transmission during a different one of the time periods, filtering a first one of the parameters to generate a first filtered parameter, filtering a second one of the parameters as a function of the first filtered parameter to generate a second filtered parameter, and controlling the signal transmission as a function of the second filtered parameter.
  • an apparatus in yet another aspect of the present invention, includes a transceiver configured to transmit a signal over a plurality of time periods and receive a plurality of parameters each relating to the signal transmission during a different one of the time periods, and a processor having a filter configured to filter a first one of the parameters to generate a first filtered parameter and filter a second one of the parameters as a function of the first filtered parameter to generate a second filtered parameter, the processor further being configured to control the signal transmission as a function of the second filtered parameter.
  • an apparatus in a further aspect of the present invention, includes means for transmitting a signal over a plurality of time periods, means for receiving a plurality of parameters each relating to the signal transmission during a different one of the time periods, means for filtering a first one of the parameters to generate a first filtered parameter, means for filtering a second one of the parameters as a function of the first filtered parameter to generate a second filtered parameter, and means for controlling the signal transmission as a function of the second filtered parameter.
  • FIG. 1 is a conceptual block diagram showing a base station in communication with a subscriber station in an exemplary wireless communications system
  • FIG. 2 is an exemplary waveform used for a reverse link transmission carrying an estimated C/I ratio from a subscriber station to a base station;
  • FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the exemplary base station and subscriber station described in connection with FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of an exemplary processor for the base station described in connection with FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 1 is a conceptual block diagram showing a base station 102 in communication with a subscriber station 104 in an exemplary wireless communications system.
  • the subscriber station 104 may access a network (not shown), or communicate with other subscriber stations (not shown), through the base station 102.
  • the base station 102 can be implemented with a variable data rate to ensure the transmission occurs near or at the maximum data rate that supports the minimum quality of service requirements.
  • the subscriber station 104 establishes communication with the base station 102 using a predetermined access procedure. Once communications are established, the subscriber station 104 can receive traffic and control messages from the base station 102 over a forward link, and is able to transmit traffic and control messages to the base station 102 over a reverse link.
  • the forward link refers to transmissions from the base station 102 to the subscriber station 104
  • the reverse link refers to transmissions from the subscriber station 104 to the base station 102.
  • the subscriber station 104 can provide feedback to the base station 102 over the reverse link to optimize performance.
  • the feedback can be in the form of a parameter estimated at the subscriber station 104 and fed back to the base station 102 to control the forward link transmission.
  • the parameter should relate to the quality of the forward link transmission under existing channel conditions.
  • the carrier-to-interference (C/I) ratio, the signal-to-noise power ratio (SNR), and the energy-per-bit-to-noise plus interference ratio (E b /I o ) are common examples of such parameters.
  • an estimate of the C/I ratio is fed back to the base station 102 to efficiently control the data rate of the forward link transmission.
  • An estimate of the C/I ratio can be computed at the subscriber station from a pilot signal transmitted over the forward link. Since the pilot signal is known, a priori , an estimate of the C/I ratio can be computed from a locally generated replica of the pilot signal stored in memory (not shown) at the subscriber station 102. The estimated C/I ratio can then be digitally quantized and fed back to the base station 102.
  • the estimated C/I ratio can be mapped to a forward link data rate using a look up table.
  • the selection of the forward link data rate can be based on a mapping function for model channel conditions. This approach works well for forward link channel conditions which track fairly well with the model channel conditions. However, should the forward link channel conditions be different, the data rate obtained from the table may be less than optimal. For example, if the forward link channel conditions are worse than the model channel conditions, the data rate obtained from the table may be too high resulting in significant decoding errors at the subscriber station 104. Conversely, if the forward link channel conditions are better than the model channel conditions, then the data rate obtained from the table may be too low resulting in loss of valuable bandwidth.
  • additional feedback from the subscriber station 104 can be used to adjust the C/I estimate before it is mapped to a data rate.
  • the feedback can take the form of an acknowledgement (ACK) message for each data packet of the forward link transmission that is successfully decoded by the subscriber station 104, and a negative acknowledgement (NACK) message for each data packet of the forward link transmission that is not successfully decoded by the subscriber station 104.
  • ACK acknowledgement
  • NACK negative acknowledgement
  • data packets will refer to both data and voice packets depending on the particular communications application.
  • FIG. 2 An exemplary waveform used for a reverse link transmission carrying an estimated C/I ratio is shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the waveform can be partitioned into 20 millisecond (ms) frames 202 with each frame having sixteen 1.25 ms time slots 204.
  • the estimated C/I ratio is shown having its own control channel, however, as those skilled in the art will readily appreciate, the estimated C/I ratio may be transmitted over the reverse link in any manner depending on the communications environment, applicable industry standards, and overall design constraints.
  • the estimated C/I ratio can be punctured into one or more traffic channels.
  • the estimated C/I ratio can be time division multiplexed with other overhead signals such as the reverse link pilot signal.
  • Time division multiplexing the estimated C/I ratio with the reverse link pilot signal may be advantageous in spread spectrum communications such as code division multiple access (CDMA) systems which utilize Walsh functions for channel separation.
  • CDMA code division multiple access
  • a Walsh (W 0 ) code consisting of all zeros is typically assigned to the pilot channel to avoid modulating the pilot signal.
  • W 0 Walsh
  • Each estimated C/I ratio is typically represented by several bits. Using more bits to represent the estimated C/I ratio allows for more selectable data rates at the base station.
  • an estimated C/I ratio is generally not transmitted in every time slot. Instead, an estimated C/I ratio 206 is transmitted in just one time slot of each frame followed by an up/down bit 208 in each of the following fifteen time slots.
  • FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the exemplary base station and subscriber station described in connection with FIG. 1 .
  • the subscriber station 104 typically includes an antenna 302 which couples the forward link transmission propagated in free space to a transceiver 304.
  • the transceiver 304 can be configured to filter and amplify the forward link transmission, and downconvert it to a modulated baseband signal.
  • a demodulator 306 can be used to generate soft symbol estimates from the modulated signal.
  • the soft symbol estimates can be coupled to a decoder 308 for forward error correction before hard symbol estimates are made downstream.
  • An ACK or NACK message can be generated by the decoder 308 to indicate whether each data packet of soft symbol estimates has been successfully decoded.
  • the forward link pilot signal is typically not encoded, and therefore, the soft symbol estimates generated from the pilot signal can be coupled directly from the demodulator 306 to a C/I ratio estimator 310. Since the pilot symbol sequence is known, a priori , it can be stored in memory 312 at the subscriber station 104. Based on the soft symbol estimates from the forward link pilot signal and the pilot symbol sequence stored in memory 312, the C/I ratio estimator 310 can compute an estimated C/I ratio and digitally quantize the result. The C/I computation can be performed by any means known in the art including a mean square error (MSE) algorithm or any other applicable algorithm.
  • MSE mean square error
  • An encoder 314 can be used to perform various signal processing functions on one or more traffic channels, such as convolutional encoding and interleaving. For each time slot, traffic from the encoder 314 together with the ACK or NACK message from the decoder 308 can be provided to the modulator 316. In addition, the estimated C/I ratio from the C/I ratio estimator 310 can be provided to the modulator 316 during one time slot in each frame. An up/down command can be generated by the C/I ratio estimator 310 for each of the following fifteen time slots and provided to the modulator 316. The estimated C/I ratio (or the up/down command) and ACK or NACK message can be placed on the appropriate channels and combined with the traffic channels by means well known in the art.
  • one or both of the estimated C/I ratio (or the up/down command) and the ACK or NACK message can be punctured into one or more of the traffic channels.
  • the various channels can be combined and modulated by means well known in the art and provided to the transceiver 304 for upconversion, filtering and amplification before being transmitted over the reverse link through the antenna 302.
  • the reverse link signal can be received by an antenna 318 at the base station 102 and provided to a transceiver 320.
  • the transceiver 320 can provide filtering and amplification of the reverse link transmission, as well as downconversion to a modulated baseband signal.
  • a demodulator 322 can be used to demodulate the baseband signal.
  • the demodulated signal can be provided to a decoder 324 which performs the inverse of the signal processing functions done at the subscriber station 104, specifically the de-interleaving and decoding.
  • a processor 326 can be configured to perform numerous functions. In the exemplary communications system described thus far, the processor 326 can be used to determine the data rate of the forward link transmission based on the estimated C/I ratio and the up/down commands reported back to the base station from the subscriber station. During the appropriate time slot for each frame, the estimated C/I ratio can be extracted from the demodulated signal and provided to the processor 326. The estimated C/I ratio is transmitted over the reverse link without encoding or interleaving to minimize processing delays at the base station 102.
  • the processor 326 can be used to control the data rate of an encoder 336.
  • the encoder 336 performs various signal processing functions on one or more traffic channels such as convolutional encoding at the data rate set by the processor 326 and interleaving.
  • the traffic from the encoder 336 can be provided to a modulator 338 where it is combined with other overhead channels and modulated.
  • the modulated signal can be provided to the transceiver 320 for upconversion, filtering and amplification before being transmitted over the forward link through the antenna 318.
  • FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of an exemplary processor for computing the data rate of the encoder.
  • the estimated C/I ratio extracted from the demodulated signal can be provided to a tracker 402.
  • the tracker 402 may include memory (not shown) for updating the estimated C/I ratio once every frame and a tracking function for incrementing or decrementing the estimated C/I ratio stored in memory in accordance with the up/down commands received from the subscriber station 104 in the following fifteen time slots.
  • the tracking function allows the estimated C/I ratio to be mapped to a data rate via a look up table 334 every time slot.
  • the estimated C/I ratio from the tracker 402 can be adjusted before it is mapped to a data rate.
  • An adjuster 406 can be used to adaptively compensate the estimated C/I ratio for changing channel conditions by incrementing or decrementing the estimated C/I ratio in response to the ACK and NACK messages. For example, if the channel conditions become worse than the model channel conditions used to generate the mapping function, the adjuster 406 may select a more conservative data rate for a given estimated C/I ratio by decrementing the estimate before providing it to the look up table 408. The selection of a more conservative data rate can be triggered by an unusually high number of NACK messages being reported back to the base station from the subscriber station.
  • the adjuster 406 may select a more aggressive data rate for a given estimated C/I ratio by incrementing the estimate before providing it to the look up table 408.
  • the selection of a more aggressive data rate can be triggered by an unusually high number of ACK messages being reported back to the base station from the subscriber station.
  • the look-up table 408 typically provides a thresholding function which prevents forward link transmissions when the estimated C/I ratio is too low.
  • this thresholding function can sometimes shrink the geographic coverage region of the base station.
  • a subscriber station operating at the edges of the base station's coverage region has a high probability that the estimated C/I ratio will be corrupted when it arrives at the base station resulting in an artificially high estimate.
  • This artificially high estimate tends to increase the data rate of the forward link transmission beyond the subscriber station's capability under the existing channel conditions resulting in an unusually high number of NACK messages being reported back to the base station.
  • the adjuster 406 decreases the estimated C/I ratio until it falls below the threshold.
  • corrupted C/I ratio estimates received by the base station from a subscriber station operating at the edges of the coverage region not only result in a data rate that cannot be supported by the subscriber station, but may also result in the complete loss of the forward link transmission due to an abundantly high number of NACK messages which tend to drive the estimated C/I ratio below the threshold needed to support a forward link transmission.
  • the adjuster 406 can be configured to control the manner in which the estimated C/I ratio is reduce in response to NACK messages. For example, the adjuster 406 can be configured to decrease the estimated C/I ratio only if the NACK message is both preceded and followed by an ACK message. In this configuration, the adjuster 406 will not respond to two or more consecutive NACK messages, which is characteristic of a subscriber station operating at the edges of the base station's coverage region.
  • the adjuster 406 will be readily able to devise other algorithms for manipulating the NACK messages to prevent the loss of the forward link transmission.
  • a filter 404 can also be positioned in front of the adjuster 406 to prevent abrupt changes in the C/I ratio estimate from killing the forward link transmission.
  • the filter 404 can be implemented in a variety of ways depending on the particular communications environment, and the overall design constraints of the system, as well as other known considerations.
  • the filter 404 can implemented with an algorithm that limits the maximum change in the estimated C/I ratio from one time period to the next time period.
  • the term "time period" is used broadly to define any period of time. The time periods can divide up a continuous transmission or define a burst transmission. Alternatively, the time periods can divide up each burst transmission in a series of transmissions. In most cases, the time period will take on some convenient value based on the design parameters of the communications system.
  • the time period of the filter 404 can be conveniently set to one time slot because of the tracking function.
  • the time period of the filter 404 could be set for a portion of one time slot, multiple time slots, one frame, multiple frames, or any other convenient measure of time.
  • the filter 404 can be implemented with various algorithms to prevent abrupt changes in the estimated C/I ratio.
  • an algorithm can be used to limit the maximum change in the estimated C/I ratio to a threshold value.
  • the threshold value can be static, or alternatively, can be adaptively adjusted to optimize performance under changing channel conditions.
  • X t Y t if ⁇ Y t - X ⁇ t - 1 ⁇ T dB
  • X t Y ⁇ t - 1 + T if ⁇ Y t - X ⁇ t - 1 > T dB
  • X t X ⁇ t - 1 - T if ⁇ Y t - X ⁇ t - 1 ⁇ - T dB
  • any number N of previous filtered estimates can be used to generate a mean value.
  • An adaptive threshold can then be set to limit the maximum change in the estimated C/I ratio from the mean to one or more multiples of the standard deviation. This approach provides an adaptive threshold that decreases if the estimated C/I ratios are tightly clustered around the mean and increases if the estimated C/I ratios are widely scattered about the mean.
  • other algorithms may be used depending on the particular communications application and overall design constraints. Those skilled in the art will be readily able to derive such algorithms based on the teachings of this disclosure.
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
  • a processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.
  • a software module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art.
  • An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium.
  • the storage medium may be integral to the processor.
  • the processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC.
  • the ASIC may reside in a user terminal.
  • the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in a user terminal.

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  1. Ein Verfahren für Kommunikationen, wobei das Verfahren Folgendes aufweist:
    Senden eines Signals über eine Vielzahl von Zeitperioden;
    Empfangen einer Vielzahl von Feedback-Parametern bezüglich der Qualität von Signalübertragungen ausgedrückt in einem Verhältnis von Empfangen der Signalleistung zur Rauschleistung, wobei jeder Feedback- bzw. Rückkopplungsparameter einer der Vielzahl der Zeitperioden entspricht;
    Erzeugen eines ersten empfangenen Feedback-Parameters bei einer ersten Zeitperiode von der Vielzahl von Zeitperioden um einen ersten gefilterten Parameter zu generieren;
    Erzeugen eines zweiten empfangen Feedback-Parameters bei einer zweiten Zeitperiode um einen zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameter als eine Funktion der Differenz zwischen dem zweiten empfangenen Feedback-Parameter und dem ersten gefilterten Parameter zu generieren, wobei die zweite Zeitperiode zeitlich in der Nähe der ersten Zeitperiode liegt;
    Anpassen des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters ansprechend auf empfangene positive Bestätigung oder negative Bestätigung, worauf im Folgenden als ACK oder NACK Nachrichten Bezug genommen wird; und
    Generieren eines Steuersignals zum Steuern der Datenrate der Signalübertragung als eine Funktion des angepassten gefilterten Parameters.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Anpassen des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters ansprechend auf ein Empfangen der Bestätigung oder Negativbestätigungen worauf im Folgenden als ACK oder NACK Nachrichten Bezug genommen wird, Folgendes aufweist:
    Erhöhen des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters ansprechend auf ACK Nachrichten;
    Senken des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters ansprechend auf NACK Nachrichten.
  3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2, das weiterhin Folgendes aufweist;
    Senken des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters wenn - und nur wenn - der NACK eine ACK Nachricht vorausgeht und ihr folgt.
  4. Verfahrnen nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Generieren des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters weiterhin Folgendes aufweist:
    Miteinbeziehen des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters gleich dem zweiten Feedback-Parameter, wenn die Differenz innerhalb einer vorbestimmten Schwelle liegt; und
    Miteinbeziehen des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters gleich dem ersten gefilterten Feedback-Parameter versetzt um die Schwelle, wenn die Differenz die vorbestimmte Schwelle überschreitet, wobei der zweite gefilterte Feedback-Parameter das Steuersignal ist.
  5. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, das weiterhin Folgendes aufweist:
    Generieren einer Gruppe von Parametern zeitlich in der Nähe mit der zweiten Zeitperiode, und hiernach Berechnen eines Mittels bzw. Durchschnitts aus der Gruppe von Parametern.
  6. Verfahren nach Anspruch 5, das weiterhin Folgendes aufweist:
    Berechnen einer Standardabweichung von der Gruppe von Parametern.
  7. Ein computerlesbares Medium, das ein Programm aus Instruktionen beinhaltet, die wenn sie durch einen Computer ausgeführt werden, bewirken dass der Computer das Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6 ausführt.
  8. Vorrichtung, die Folgendes aufweist:
    Mittel zum Senden eines Signals über eine Vielzahl von Zeitperioden;
    Mittel zum Empfangen einer Vielzahl von Feedback-Parametern bezüglich der Qualität von Signalübertragungen ausgedrückt in einem Verhältnis von empfangener Signalleistung zur Rauschleistung, wobei jeder Feedback-Parameter einer der Vielzahl von Zeitperioden entspricht;
    Mittel zum Erzeugen eines ersten empfangenen Feedback-Parameters bei einer ersten Zeitperiode aus der Vielzahl von Zeitperioden um einen ersten gefilterten Parameter zu generieren;
    Mittel zum Erzeugen eines zweiten empfangenen Feedback-Parameters bei einer zweiten Zeitperiode zum Generieren eines zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters als eine Funktion der Differenz zwischen dem zweiten empfangenen Feedback-Parameter und dem ersten gefilterten Parameter, wobei die zweite Zeitperiode zeitlich in der Nähe zur ersten Zeitperiode liegt;
    Mittel zum Anpassen des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters ansprechend auf Empfangen der positiven Bestätigungen oder negative Bestätigungen, worauf im Folgenden als ACK oder NACK Nachrichten Bezug genommen wird; und
    Mittel zum Generieren eines Steuersignals zum Steuern der Datenrate der Signalübertragung als eine Funktion des angepassten gefilterten Parameters.
  9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8, wobei die Mittel zum Anpassen des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters ansprechend auf eine empfangene Bestätigung oder negative Bestätigungen, worauf im Folgenden als ACK oder NACK Nachrichten Bezug genommen wird, Folgendes aufweisen;
    Mittel zum Erhöhen des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters ansprechend auf ACK Nachrichten,
    Mittel zum Senken des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters ansprechend auf NACK Nachrichten.
  10. Verfahren nach Anspruch 9, das weiterhin Mittel aufweist zum Senken des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters wenn - und nur wenn - dem NACK eine ACK Nachricht vorausgeht und ihr nachfolgt.
  11. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, wobei die Mittel zum Generieren des Steuersignals weiterhin Mittel aufweist zum Miteinbeziehen des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters gleich dem zweiten Feedback-Parameter als das Steuersignal, wenn die Differenz innerhalb einer vorbestimmten Schwelle liegt und das Einbeziehen des zweiten gefilterten Feedback-Parameters gleich dem ersten gefilterten Feedback-Parameter versetzt um die Schwelle als das Steuersignal, wenn die Differenz die vorbestimmte Schwelle überschreitet.
  12. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, wobei die Mittel zum Generieren des anderen der Parameter weiterhin Mittel aufweist zum Generieren einer Gruppe von Parameter zeitlich in der Nähe mit der zweiten Zeitperiode und nachfolgend Berechnen eines Durchschnitts von der Gruppe von Parametern.
  13. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 8, die weiterhin Mittel aufweist zum Berechnen einer Standardabweichung aus der Gruppe von Parametern.
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